A snippet of a personal writing project

A snippet of a personal writing project

This has been a writing piece that I worked in Google Docs in my free time months ago, so I would consider it an ancient piece. I wanted to share with you my OCs (original characters) in Nico's (one of the protagonists) perspective of his first day in Year 9. He has his supportive friends as they navigate through the perils and chaos of high school. I'm pretty proud of this piece, because every rainy day, when outside was all wind and hail, or when it was sunny and mildly sweltering, I would work on this and I loved doing it. The freedom of being able to write anything was refreshing to me, and so here it is.

Nico

A year ago, start of Year 9    

This is the first day of high school.

     I’m practically shaking every inch of my body, making me look like a nervous idiot who can’t stay still. It’s because I am nervous, and an idiot. But despite my uncontrollable shaking weighing me down, I somehow bring myself to grasp the door handle, twist it, and enter the classroom. 

     There’s so many… people, I observe my surroundings. I’m not exactly the best at being a new kid, since I’m an socially awkward introvert. Voluntarily going up to people and making a conversation I find would be hell to go through, so I think that’s a big indicator that I’m 100% an introvert. Case closed. 

     But Autumn and Ken - my best friends since Year 1- haven't arrived yet, and so it makes me feel more out of place than ever. Glands of sweat are forming in my palms. This automatically makes me overthink everything. What if they won’t show up? What if I’ll be the only person in the room who doesn’t have any friends? But the worst-case scenario that might happen hits me. What if…

     Carter shows up? 

     I’m genuinely panicking right now. I wish the ground would swallow me whole. I- But interrupting my overlapping thoughts inside my head, in the nick of time, Ken and Autumn arrive, saving me seconds away from losing my sanity. “I swear to Conan Lee Gray, if you two hadn’t walked through those doors, I would’ve lost my mind.” I immediately blurt out to them the second I lay my eyes on them. “It’s literally our first day in high school and you're already “losing your mind”?” Ken stares at me pointedly. I awkwardly stare at him back. “...Gosh, you would be a wreck if we weren’t here, wouldn’t you?” Autumn crosses her arms, taking Ken’s side. There’s a moment of silence, then we burst out laughing. “I really would be.” I state, clutching my ribs from all that laughter that was released. We all take a seat at our desks beside each other, and continue to chat amongst ourselves. My heart beat has calmed down after it had been pounding moments ago. I sigh in relief. For once everything might actually be okay.     

     If only I’d known how drastically it was about to change.

     Mid-conversation, I glance at a person seated in front of me. Blonde, lustrous hair.
Blue eyes. It could only be… In disbelief, I blink. It doesn’t take me long to realise that the person in front of me was the person I never wanted to see ever again. 

     Carter.


I'm still working continuously on it , and it's so interesting to see how my writing style has developed ever so slowly, but way better when I began writing anything. I really hoped you liked the snippet and see you next week <3

Location: New Zealand

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